IMPORTANT WARNING: Hydroxyurea can cause a severe decrease in the number of blood cells in your bone marrow. This may cause certain symptoms and may increase the risk that you will develop a serious infection or bleeding.
Stage IV colon cancer commonly spreads to the liver or the lungs. Some patients who have cancer that has spread to a single area are candidates for surgery to remove the metastases. Treatment of the liver: When itâs possible to completely surgically remove all liver metastases, surgery is the preferred treatment.
Treatment of Liver Cancer, by Stage. 1  Potentially resectable or transplantable liver cancers (stage I and some stage II tumors) 2  Unresectable liver cancers (some T1 to T4, N0, M0 tumors) 3  Inoperable liver cancers with only local disease. 4  Advanced (metastatic) liver cancers (includes all N1 or M1 tumors) 5  Recurrent liver cancer.